“Allah is Gracious to him who earns his living by his own labour and not by begging.”

“To acquire knowledge is binding upon all Muslims, whether male or female.”

“Man has free will and is responsible for his actions.”

“The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.”

“He who travels in search of knowledge, to him Allah shows the way to Paradise.”

“Seek after knowledge though it be in China.”

“Acquire knowledge, because he who acquires it, in the way of the Lord, performs an act of piety; who speaks of it praises the Lord; who seeks it, adores Allah; who dispenses instruction in it, bestows alms; and who imparts it to its fitting objects, performs an act of devotion to Allah. Knowledge enables its possessor to distinguish what is forbidden from what is not; lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our companion in solitude, our companion, when bereft of friends; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is our ornament in the company of friends; it serves as an armour against our enemies. With knowledge the creature of Allah rises to the heights of goodness and to noble position, associates with sovereigns in this world and attains the perfection of happiness in the next.”

“He dies not who takes to learning.”

“The mortal crimes are to associate another with Allah, to vex your father and mother, to murder your own species, to commit suicide and to swear to a lie.”

“Do not look for the faults of others and do not envy others.”

“Keep yourselves far from envy, because it eats up and takes away good actions, like the fire that eats up and burns wood.”

“A keeper of fast, who forsakes not lying and slander, Allah cares naught for his leaving off eating and drinking.”

“Whoever suppresses his anger, when he has in his power to show it, Allah will give him a great reward.”

“The person is most esteemed in the sight of Allah who pardons, when he has in his power, him who shall have injured him.”

“He is not strong and powerful, who throws people down, but he is strong who withholds himself from anger.”

“Thus said Allah: Verily, those who exercise patience under trials and forgive wrongs are righteous.”

“Muslims are those who perform their trust, fail not in their word and keep their pledge.”

One of the followers of the Prophet asked him to curse the infidels. The Prophet said: “I am not sent for this, nor was I sent but as a mercy to mankind.”

“Much silence and a good disposition; there are no two works better than these.”

“The exercise of religious duties will not atone for the fault of an abusive tongue.”

“When you speak, speak the truth;
ii. Perform when you promise;
iii. Discharge your trust;
iv. Withhold your hand from striking; and
v. From taking that which is unlawful and bad.”

“Paradise lies at the feet of thy mother.”

“Allah’s pleasure is in father’s pleasure and Allah’s displeasure is in father’s displeasure.”

“He who wishes to enter Paradise must please his father and mother.”

“A man must do good to his parents, although they may have injured him.”

“Kindness is a mark of faith and whoever has not kindness has no faith.”

“No father has given his children anything better than good manners.”

“Treat children with a view to inculcate self respect in them.”

“No one who keeps his mind focussed entirely upon himself, can grow large, strong and beautiful in character.”

“A community must desist from boasting of their ancestors. Mankind are all sons of Adam and he was from earth.”

“The first thing created was my nur (light).”

“Honourable thoughts create honourable results.”

“The greatest jihad is that for the conquest of self.”

“Trust in Allah but tie your camel.”

“There is a polish for everything and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of Allah.”

“Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him.”

“The five stated prayers erase the sins which have been committed during the intervals between them, if they have not been mortal sins.”

“Say your prayers standing. If you are not able, do it sitting and if not sitting, do it in bed.”

“Suspicion is the blackest lie.”

“Allah is not merciful to him who is not so to mankind. He who is not kind to Allah’s creation and to his own children, Allah will not be kind to him.”

“He who will do good to the needy, Allah will do good to him in this world and the next.”

“Whosoever visits a sick person, an angel calls from Heaven: “Be happy in the world and happy be your walking; and take your habitation in Paradise.”

“A virtuous wife is a man’s best treasure.”

“Do you beat your wife, as you would a slave? That must you not.”

“When a woman observes the five times of prayer, fasts during the month of Ramadan and is chaste and is not disobedient to her husband, then tell her to enter Paradise by whichever door she pleases.”